Left For Dead

The second edition of the Sunday Times Sports Book of the Year is updated with a new chapter describing Nick''s eventual completion of the Fastnet Race thirty years after his first, ill-fated attempt.

The world-famous Fastnet Race takes yachts from the Isle of Wight to the Fastnet Rock off the southwest coast of Ireland and back. The 1979 race began in perfect conditions, but was soon engulfed by t...